38/49

Nondescript Character: Where do you practice your religion?

Plot

After his release from prison, mob boss Dwight “The General” Manfredi is exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he builds a new criminal empire with a cast of unlikely characters. Sylvester Stallone’s first starring role in a television series. Dwight “The General” Manfredi: I really don’t go to church.

I really like this show

The opening credits sequence shows various photographic and painted views and landmarks of Oklahoma imposed on the New York City landscape: A statue of Sioux Indian chief “Touch the Clouds” wearing a war bonnet and a bone choker (breastplate) imposed on top of the Brooklyn Bridge The Golden Driller statue imposed on the Statue of Liberty Route 66 Western Gateway Arch imposed on a major “avenue” in Manhattan. In New York City, in the borough of Manhattan, there are several numbered “avenues” that are intersected by smaller numbered streets. Featured in CBS News Sunday Morning: Episode #45.7 (2022).

It’s a little unbelievable but mostly entertaining

The humor Stallone brings to the character (from the writers) evens out the absurd bits. Stallone brings a nuanced performance of a monster recently released from prison. Who gets the opportunity to move to a southwestern state and make money for the bosses back home.

A fish out of water, no

He makes the most of a situation he’d rather not be in. A shark in another, perhaps closer, ocean. This seems like a fantastic addition to a storied and legendary career of one of Hollywood’s biggest box office draws of all time.

Stallone is in his element and he delivers

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